The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-04-20


of the people. Il was justined by nothing
in the condition of Ireland. The boy
cotting Practiced by the Irish people was
naturally from the irrepressible growth OF
Irish public opinion, and the only way to
do without it was to obtain for the laws
governing the people of Ireland the SYM
pathy of those people
Mr.. Sexton, continuing, said 1t was alb.
surd to attempt to suppress a body so
strong in the hearts of the Irish and so
powerfully supported in Ireland and
America as the league, which, so far from
being accessory to and an inciter Of crime,
labored to put it down. II the bill passed
it would happily hasten the ruin of the
Government. The day which saw the
downfall of the Government would witness
the cessation OF coercion. Cheers.
Lord Harrington, on rising, was greeted
with cheers. He said It was strange Sec
ton of the Liberals now described by the
PaInellites ss the great and generous Lib
eral party, and were the very persons who,
a short time ago, were denounced as per-
fidious, venal and in every way contempt
BILE. The House had heard the only an
swer which Mr.. Sexton thought necessary
and sufficient to meet the charges against
him and his friends, made chiefly not
within, but outside of the House. Could
the House accept that answer as sufficient
Was bare denial of the existence of any
proof any kind OF a response at all
to make at the evidence support
ing the accusation? [Cheers He himself
had publicly declared there was a connec-
tiOn between the Irish party in Parliament
and the Fenian Association in America,
and he expected Mr.. Parnell, when Parlia
ment met, would deny the accusation and
state the grounds of his denial.
Mr.. Parnel (interru upting)-I stated il
was false. say so still. Cheers
Lord Hartington-A blank denial in the
face Of opposing proof is worth nothing.
The statement made in the Times has been
widely circulated, and has never been
shown to be wrong, and the letter
printed in this mornings Times justified
every syllable uttered in sssociating the
Irish party with the Fenian society.
Messrs. Ford, Egan, Brennan and Sullivan
were Fenian leaders, and the statements of
the Times proved conclusively that con-
slant communications had passed betwee
Mr.. ParneH and these persons
Mr. Parnell-Will the noble lord give
his reasons for supposing these gentle
men to be leaders of the Fenians in Amer
lea? ] do not know them as such.
Hsrtingtor-My belief is based upon
the knowledge acquired when / was
last in Office. Cheers. IL is also a fact
that the same statements have repeatedly
been made in the papers without contra
diction. Can Mr.. Parnell deny knowing
that Alexander Sullivan has been leader of
the Clan-na-Gael. Mr.. Sexton.has alleged
that the reason why criminal action was
not raised against the papers was the i'm
possibility of getting fair verdict from a
British Jury. That excuse is not one that
will have any weight with the people in
the face OF so grave and persistent imputa-
tions. The country Will not fail
to attach due weight to the fact
that the Irish members shirked the
opportunity for disproving those
charges under oath. 1t has not been de-
MED that Mr.. Parnell and Sexton had
been members of the league, with Egan,
Brennan, BoytOn and Sheridan. Mr.. Sex
ton has denied that Egan and Sheridan
were on the Executive Committee, but not
that they were among the chief organizers
of the league.
Mr.. Sexton-They never were anything
Of the kind.
Mr.. Hartington-They were prominent
members of them. The assertion of the
Times is that some of these men advocated
assassination; that others were implicated
in the conspiracy for murder.
Mr.. DillOn-Two of these gentlemen
acted under me. was chief organizer of
the Land League. When did they make
speeches advocating murder?
HartiDgton-In1 1850 and in 1881.
Continuing, Harrington said he would
not make himself responsible for the state
ments in the Times. but would quote them.
1t was open to the Parnellites to disprove
them If they thought it possible TO do So.
ICheers The Land League and the Ma
tiOnal League received large sums col
leeted in America through the agency of
the Irish World paper, which openly ad-
vocated dynamite and assassination. 1t
had been stated that 7. p. OConnor was in
communication with Ford, and that when
the American Land League was founded,
having for its promoters Egan, Brennan,
Sheridan, Boyton and Sullivan. A tele-
gram from Mr.. Parnell to the convention
acknowledged il to be the most representa-
tive meeting ever assembled TO express
Irish opinion.
7. p. 0Connor-Why do you not men
ton that / was present at the Chicago
Convention of 1888, the meeting between
0'Donovan Rosa and Ford, and suggest
that by my silence l approved the new
campaign of murder and arson in En-
gland? Cheers.
Mr.. Harrington said he had not noticed
that in the Times; but he had seen it as
serted that Mr.. O'Connor was, in 1888, in
commun cation with Mr.. Ford.
THAT was lie," shouted Mr. o Conuor.
Mr.. Hartington-These charges were
criminal libels, If untrue, exposing the
paper to criminal prosecution. Yet no
prosecution was ventUred upon. Cheers
Harrington proceeded, deprecating the
prolonged discussion of the bill. The Lib
erals, who opposed coercion, excused them
selves on this ground, now that they were
home rulers and must oppose coercion.
But that was no reason, for the country
had unmistakably pronounced against
Home Rule at the last election. 1t was
enough for Parliament to be con-
vinced that law did not prevail
in Ireland; that the League law is super
eding the ordinary law. 1t was certain
that the Government would succeed in re
storing the authority of the law. 1t was
impossible that the Government of great
country should be permanen.ly paralyzed
by the Vaccinations of secret societies.
lCheers
Mr.. Gladstone upon rising was loudly
cheered. He said If the bill passed the
political subscriptions from America,
which some of the speakers condemned,
it would likely increase not the Irish sub
scriptions alone, but those humane contri-
buttons, which were rejecting such
splendid light upon America. He and his
supporters had been charged with
inconsistency in proposing coercion in
former times and opposing 1t now.
He might admit a feeling of shame over
the failure of coercion, but he did not re.
fuse its lessons OF experience. Cheers
He believed and so. seemingly, did the